Houston family papers, 1887-1909, 1956 [manuscript].

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Houston family papers, 1887-1909, 1956 [manuscript].

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Chiefly correspondence and other items related to the Houston family and to Varina Davis. Included are letters, 1899-1904, from Varina Davis to Mrs. Houston describing Davis's health, family travels, Jefferson Davis, books, and the South following the Civil War. Also included is a letter, 27 September 1887, that Jefferson Davis wrote to Mrs. Houston about southern women. There are also genealogical papers relating to the Houston family, a newspaper image of Mary Sue Houston, and pictures of portraits of Jefferson and Varina Davis.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Davis, Varina, 1826-1906

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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...

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The Houston family included a Mrs. Houston who corresponded with Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis's widow, during the 1880s and 1900s from Meridian, Miss. Mrs. Houston may have made Varina Davis's acquaintance when Jefferson and Varina Davis lived at Beauvoir Station, Miss. Varina Davis was born on 7 May 1826 and became Jefferson Davis's second wife on 26 February 1845. After Jefferson Davis's death in 1889, Varina Davis wrote "Jefferson Davis: A Memoir by His Wife" and moved to New York City where...